Posted by Sabino on June 19, 2005, at 9:17:19
In reply to Re: Lithium: How many times do you dose per day? » Sabino, posted by ed_uk on June 18, 2005, at 19:58:22
Hi Ed,
Nardil was occasionally effective for social anxiety issues, but far more often than not, I was very exhausted on it, and really cognitively dulled. I work in IT, and my work noticeably suffered. This is a med that I think I gave a legit shot too. Think I tried it for a good two months at a therapeutic level. I actually tried Parnate for a couple of days too, but it caused a lot of anxiety. That was my trip down MAOI lane.
A lot of my one or two day trials had everything to do with bad initial effects, and if I'd have had the luxury to stay at home for a couple of months, maybe I'd have ridden out the sfx's and found success, but the need to earn the paycheck always precluded that... until, one gets to the point where you seriously have to do everything possible to get better, or you don't want to stay around, money be damned.
Strattera made me confused, agitated, and just out of it, which, of course, is very depressing.
I don't remember what I didn't like about Zyprexa.
Anyway, so far, so good with Li. I take it from your 'benefits of a low dose' comment that my energizing and non-cognitive impairment response is quite typical on a low dose. I suspect I won't need more than 600 mgs. I'm scaling back on the Effexor now too.
All of which says, I guess, that I aint where I want to be yet, but I'm still in the game.
The fact that I still have not returned to work is huge. My company has been extraordinarily understanding, but they can't be in limbo forever.
As a famous lady once said, 'I'll think about that tomorrow'.
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